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Throughout the year, Year 4 cover a range of work. Where possible links will be made with Literacy and Numeracy.

In the Autumn term we will be heading back in time, as we focus on the Anglo Saxons and Vikings during our Invaders and Settlers Topic. We will look at the Saxon way of life; investigating and exploring their homes, clothing, food, weapons and much more! In Science we will be looking at living things and their habitats. We will use or DT lessons to create our very own Saxon village and in Geography we will uncover the mystery of Sutton Hoo.

Our Spring topic is the Tudors. We will be looking at King Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth, and what it would have been like to live in the Tudor times. We will use a number of stories set in the Tudor times to help with our Literacy work, including Shakespeare and Oliver Twist and look at the Roman numerals that were used by the Tudors as part of Numeracy. In D&T we will be making and inventing some of our own Tudor food recipes and be creating a Tudor Dance piece, in our PE lessons. We will continue to work with Durham Music Service to work on our singing and recorder skills, whilst also looking at some music from the Tudor times.

Our Summer topic is the much loved children’s author David Walliams. We will be delving into a number of his books, and creating our own humorous stories, including an escape plan for Grandpa in Grandpa’s Great Escape! We will be inventing our own Billionaire making inventions, like the BumFresh toilet roll. In Geography we will be taking part in a political discussion with the heavily fragrant Mr Stink about community environmental problems and what can be done about them.